On 10-12 March 2006, Pugwash held meeting no. 306 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Prospects for Self-Governance in Jammu and Kashmir, and Present Status of Cooperation and Communications across the LOC
Rapporteur: Claire Galez
Participant List
J&K
Omar Abdullah, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha); National Conference President, Srinagar
Prof. Ashok Aima, Professor, The Business School, University of Jammu, J&K
Mr. Maulvi Iftikar Ansari, Senior Member, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Srinagar; President, All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association [formerly: Cabinent Minister with various portfolios; Leader of opposition in Congress (I), 1983-85]
Prof. Noor Ahmad Baba, Professor & Head, Dept. of Political Science , Kashmir University, Srinagar, J&K, India
Mr. Ved Bhasin, Chairman, Kashmir Times Group of Newspapers; President, J&K Institute of Peace, Justice and Democracy, Jammu
Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat, President, Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar, and Professor of Persian
Prof. Posh Charak, Professor of English and Head of Department of Urdu, and Director, Centre for New Literatures, University of Jammu, Jammu, J&K, India [formerly: at University of Jammu: Dean, Faculty of Arts; Member Syndicate (2003-06); Head, Department of English]
Mr. Ghulam Rasool Dar, General Secretary, JKLF, Srinagar, J&K, India
Prof. Rajive Gupta, Professor, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
Mr. Arshad Hussain, Chief Operation Officer, Greater Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K
Happymon Jacob, Lecturer, Centre for Strategic & Regional Studies, University of Jammu, J&K, India [formerly: Research Associate, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi]
Asgar Ali Kerbalai, Chairman, Kargil Hill Council
Dr. Meenakshi Kilam, Director, Centre for Quality Assurance, University of Jammu, Jammu, J&K, India [formerly: Faculty Member, Department of Management Studies, University of Jammu; Assistant Manager, Citibank N.A. (credit cards); J&K Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development]
Mr. Sajjad Gani Lone, Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir People’s Conference, Srinagar, J&K
Mr. Shohab Inayat Malik, Reader, Department of Urdu, University of Jammu; Assistant Dean, Students Welfare, University of Jammu
Mr. Mohd. Yasin Malik, Chairman, JKLF, Srinagar, J&K, India
Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, Jammu, J&K, India; Member, Prime Minister’s Task Force on Global Strategic Developments; Professor of Disarmament Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
Mr. Sonam (Pinto) W. Narboo, Member, JK Legislative Assembly (Ladakh)
Mrs. Dilafroze Qazi, Principal, Social Worker, Women’s Activist, Srinagar, J&K, India
Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather, M.L.A. (Leader of the Opposition–Lok Sabha), Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Jammu, J&K [formerly: Minister in J&K)
Prof. A.N. Sadhu, Director, Priya Darshni Institute of Management & Science, University of Jammu. Jammu, J&K, India
Hakim Mohammed Yasin Shah, Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution in J&K Government, Srinagar, J&K; Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Front, Srinagar
Prof. Bhim Singh, Chairman, J&K National Panthers Party, Jammu; Member, Legislative Council in J&K (MLC) [formerly: Professor of International Law and Member National Integration Council]
Mr. Nirmal K. Singh, President, BJP, Jammu, J&K, India; Professor of History, University of Jammu
Mr Annil Suri, Managing Director, Tawi Arc Electrodes Pvt. Ltd., Bari Brahmana, J&K, India; Quality Consultant, University of Jammu [formerly: President, Bari Brahmana Industries Association (2001-3, 2004-5); Co-Chairman, Federation of Industries, Jammu (2002-present)
M.Y. Tarigami, Member Legislative Assembly, Srinagar
Mr. Abdul Ghani Ganai (Vakil), Senior Vice President, JK Congress Party
Prof. Siddiq Wahid, Vice Chancellor, Islamic University at Awantipora, J&K State, India; Director, All J&K Waqf Board; Member of Governing Board, People’s Convention on Environment and Development, India; Member, India Forum
INDIA
Ms. Sushobha Barve, Executive Secretary and Chief Program Coordinator, Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Prof. Radha Kumar, Professor, Mandela Centre for Conflict Resolution, New Delhi, India; Trustee, Delhi Policy Group
Amb. Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India; Member, Policy Advisory Group, Ministry of External Affairs; Member, Editorial Board, Indian Defense Review [formerly: High Commissioner/Ambassador to Cyprus, Myanmar, Australia & Pakistan; Spokesman and Information Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office]
AJK
Mr. Malik Abdullah, Tahreek-e-Hurriyat
Mr. Sardar M. Anwar Khan, Advocate, High Court J.K., and ex-President, Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party
Mr. Shaukat Maqbool Butt, President, Jammu and Kashmir National Liberation Front, Muzaffarabad, AJK
Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, Leader of the Opposition in AJK Legislative Assembly, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
Col. (ret) Mohammad Farooq, Advisor to ex-Prime Minister of AJK, Sardar M. Abdul Qayyum Khan [formerly: Chairman, Prime Minister Team, AJK; Director General, Civil Defence, AJK]
Mr. Raja Mohamed Farooq Haider, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir [formerly: Senior Minister, Gov’t of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (1988-90, and 1994-96); Chairman, Parliamentary Board, Muslim Conference AJ&K]
Mr. Muhammad Abdul Razzaq Khan (MARK) Khaleeque, President of Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP), Muzaffarabad, Azad J&K [retired civil servant: Additional Secretary and Professor of English Literature]
Mr. Amanullah Khan, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Rawalpindi
Mr. Ejaz Afzal Sardar Khan, Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, AJK
Mr. Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference
Mr. Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, President, All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference, and Member, Legislative Assembly, Azad, Kashmir
Mr. Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan, President, Jammu Kashmir People’s Party, Islamabad, Pakistan
Justice Abdul Majeed Mallick, President, Jammu & Kashmir Liberation League, Mirpur, Azad J&K; retired Chief Justice, Azad Kashmir High Court
Mr. Hafiz Muntaz
Nawaz Khan Naji, Balawaristan National Front, Gilgit
Mr. Ghulam Raza Shah Naqvi, Chairman, Islamic Democratic Party, and Member, AJ&K Council
Dr. Waleed Rasool, Peoples’ League
Mr. Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Convenor, APHC, Muzaffarabad
Prof. Shafique-ur-rehman, Department of Botany, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, Mobile: (++92-300) 539-3433, E-mail: prof_shafiq@hotmail.com
Arif Shahid, Jammu and Kashmir National Liberation Front
PAKISTAN
Dr. Samina Ahmed, Project Director Afghanistan/South Asia, International Crisis Group (ICG), Islamabad, Pakistan
Sen. Farhatullah Babar, Senator, Senate of Pakistan, Islamabad; Press Spokesman to Chairperson, Pakistan People’s Party
Hon. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Chief Coordinator, Pakistan Muslim League-N; Chairman, Better Pakistan Foundation; Professor of Management, M.A.Jinnah University, Blue Area, Islamabad [formerly: Deputy Chairman (Minister of State), Planning Commission, Govt of Pakistan; two-term Member, National Assembly (1993, 1997)]
Gen. (ret.) Mahmud Durrani, Council Member, IISS, London, UK [formerly: Chairman and Chief Executive, Pakistan Ordinance Facotries Board; Commander of an Armoured Division; Military Secretary to a President of Pakistan; Pakistan’s Military Attaché in Washington, DC]
Amb. Tariq Fatemi, Islamabad, E-mail: tfatemi2000@yahoo.com
Mr. Inam Haq, former State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan; Chairman, Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Member, Pugwash Council; Professor of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan; Chairman of Mashal Books; independent documentary filmmaker for popularizing science in Pakistan; activist for peace and social reform
Mushahid Hussain, Secretary General, Pakistan Muslim League, Islamabad
Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Talat Masood, Independent Columnist, Commentator and Analyst, Islamabad, Pakistan [formerly: retired Lt. General; Secretary, Defence Production Division, Ministry of Defence; Chairman, Pakistan Ordnance Factories Board; various command, staff and instructional appointments in the armed forces]
Dr. Shireen M. Mazari, Director General, Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Prof. Abdul Nayyar, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan; on leave from the Physics Department, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Ms. Sherry Rahman, Member National Assembly of Pakistan
Mr. Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, Vice-President, Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP). Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Hon. Abdul Sattar, Member, Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Palais des Nations, Geneva [former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Islamabad]
Mr. Najmuddin Shaikh, retired Pakistan Foreign Service Officer; Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad; Senior Vice President, Karachi Council of Foreign Relations; Columnist for Dawn, Karachi [formerly: Foreign Secretary to the Government of Pakistan (1994-97); Ambassador of Pakistan to Iran (1992-94), the USA (1990-91), the FRG )1989-90) and Canada (1987-89)]
Dr. Abdul Hameed Toor, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Khalid Younus, Member National Assembly of Pakistan, Karachi and Islamabad
KASHMIRIS IN US / EUROPE
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director, Kashmir American Council, Washington, DC
Mr. Farooq M. Kathwari, Chairman, President and CEO, Ethan Allen Inc., Danbury, CT, USA; Chairman, Kashmir Study Group
Barrister Abdul Majid Tramboo, Executive Director, ICHR-Kashmir Centre, European Union, Brussels, Belgium
PUGWASH
Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary-General, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Milan, Italy; Director, Program on Disarmament and International Security, Landau Network – Centro Volta, Como, Italy
Ms. Claire Galez, Director, Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), Geneva, Switzerland; Research Associate, Centre for Asian Studies (Geneva University – GIIS/GIDS)
Ms. Claudia Vaughn, Program Coordinator, Pugwash Conferences
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